#FAEFB8#FAEFB8

#FAEFB8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.855; OKLCH L 94.8% C 0.072 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEFB8
RGB	rgb(250, 239, 184)
HSL	hsl(50, 87%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 26.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.11, -4.60, 28.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.11, 28.38, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(94.76% -0.0101 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(94.76% 0.072 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(78.9429, 85.5193, 57.6864)
Luminance	0.8552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEFB8 #B8C3FA

analogous

#FACEB8 #FAEFB8 #E4FAB8

triadic

#FAEFB8 #B8FAEF #EFB8FA

tetradic

#FAEFB8 #B8FACE #B8C3FA #FAB8E4

square

#FAEFB8 #B8FACE #B8C3FA #FAB8E4

split-complementary

#FAEFB8 #B8E4FA #CEB8FA

monochromatic

#F2D546 #F6E27F #FAEFB8 #FDF9E2 #FDF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#FAEFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.10

#FAEFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEFB8

18.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEFB8	1.00	1.16	18.10	18.10
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAECB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDF0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faefb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 239, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.8% 0.072 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcf4cd',
    500: '#faefb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faefb8;
$custom-light: #fcf4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faefb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 86.842,
    "l": 85.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9476,
    "c": 0.07151,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.85518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEFB8

secondary

#7889DE

accent

#28E302

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFA

border

#D7D6D3

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEFB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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